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The Community and Resistance Tour
Saturday, September 25: Evansville, IN
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Librar
Evansville, IN
Writup from the Sonya Kates Forum:
http://sonyakatesforum.blogspot.com/2010/09/community-and-resistance-tour.html
THE COMMUNITY AND RESISTANCE TOUR 2010 Follow-up
What does a photographer, blogger and journalist have in common? They fight for justice. Victoria Law, Jordan Flaherty and Jesse Muhammad, were the guest speakers at The Community and Resistance Tour, hosted at the Central Library on Saturday, September 25th, in Evansville, Indiana.
Granted, the people in attendance were small in number their voices of concern were loud.
The introduction of the first guest speaker was planned out extremely well. Victoria "Vikki" Law is a writer, photographer and mother based in New York. she is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.
To read more about Vikki Law, click on this link
http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=vikkilaw
During the event, Vikki spoke about the struggles of incarcerated women in prison. For example, shackling women who are pregnant and close to their delivery date, appearing before a judge.
* Visiting Rights for Women with children
* Women who are raped by prison guards and become pregnant
* Foster Care, people caring for children of incarcerated mothers
* Commuting children to prison to visit their mothers
* Women conditions in prison
Should incarcerated women have the liberty to nurse their newborn in the jail cell? Should incarcerated women be denied their visiting rights to see their children? Do you think it is necessary for a pregnant woman to remain shackled in the presence of a judge?
These kinds of questions need answers. It is a nationwide problem being brought to the forefront of discussion, one state at a time.
During the open discussion forum, a question was directed to Ms. Law concerning the need to provide free feminine products for incarcerated women. For example, there was an incident in a county jail who denied giving an incarcerated woman feminine pads because she did not have money on her account (books). "Deal with it," yelled the prison guard as he watched her bleed through her uniform. This should be a top priority concerning incarcerated women in need during that moment in time.
What can you do to help solve the problem of incarcerated women in need of feminine products? Write letters to companies about their products and ask questions. (Stayfree Personal Products (Femeninas Envueltas), Kotex (Kimberly-Clark Corp.) and First Quality Hygienic). Granted, many of these companies that are mentioned cannot accept unsolicited ideas, suggestions or materials relating to the development, design, manufacture or marketing of their products, they are eager to answer your questions and receive your comments.
After the event adjourned for the evening, Ms. Law introduced a woman who's talent was making washable cloth feminine pads by hand, and sending them to incarcerated women in the state where she and her family reside. If you would like to contact this talented mother, wife and advocate, e-mail her at nea-peasantrevolution@yahoo.com
The second guest speaker, Jordan Flaherty discussed the Katrina Aftermath and Jena Six.
To learn more about Jena Six, click on this link http://www.mahalo.com/jena-six
Mr. Flaherty is a journalist and community organizer based in New Orleans. He is the author of FLOODLINES: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six.
To read more about Floodlines, click on this link http://floodlines.org
The final guest speaker,was Jesse Muhammad. A native of Houston, Texas, Jesse is a journalist, blogger, and community organizer.
Mr. Muhammad writes for The Final Call newspaper and has received worldwide recognition for his coverage of racial justice issues.
To learn more about Jesse Muhammad, click on this link http://jessemuhammad.blogspot.com
For further readings, click on this link http://www.blackpast.org
http://communityandresistance.wordpress.com/tour-speakers/
Related Media
https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22dan%20v%22%20prison%20women
Saturday, September 25: Evansville, IN
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Librar
Evansville, IN
Writup from the Sonya Kates Forum:
http://sonyakatesforum.blogspot.com/2010/09/community-and-resistance-tour.html
THE COMMUNITY AND RESISTANCE TOUR 2010 Follow-up
What does a photographer, blogger and journalist have in common? They fight for justice. Victoria Law, Jordan Flaherty and Jesse Muhammad, were the guest speakers at The Community and Resistance Tour, hosted at the Central Library on Saturday, September 25th, in Evansville, Indiana.
Granted, the people in attendance were small in number their voices of concern were loud.
The introduction of the first guest speaker was planned out extremely well. Victoria "Vikki" Law is a writer, photographer and mother based in New York. she is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.
To read more about Vikki Law, click on this link
http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=vikkilaw
During the event, Vikki spoke about the struggles of incarcerated women in prison. For example, shackling women who are pregnant and close to their delivery date, appearing before a judge.
* Visiting Rights for Women with children
* Women who are raped by prison guards and become pregnant
* Foster Care, people caring for children of incarcerated mothers
* Commuting children to prison to visit their mothers
* Women conditions in prison
Should incarcerated women have the liberty to nurse their newborn in the jail cell? Should incarcerated women be denied their visiting rights to see their children? Do you think it is necessary for a pregnant woman to remain shackled in the presence of a judge?
These kinds of questions need answers. It is a nationwide problem being brought to the forefront of discussion, one state at a time.
During the open discussion forum, a question was directed to Ms. Law concerning the need to provide free feminine products for incarcerated women. For example, there was an incident in a county jail who denied giving an incarcerated woman feminine pads because she did not have money on her account (books). "Deal with it," yelled the prison guard as he watched her bleed through her uniform. This should be a top priority concerning incarcerated women in need during that moment in time.
What can you do to help solve the problem of incarcerated women in need of feminine products? Write letters to companies about their products and ask questions. (Stayfree Personal Products (Femeninas Envueltas), Kotex (Kimberly-Clark Corp.) and First Quality Hygienic). Granted, many of these companies that are mentioned cannot accept unsolicited ideas, suggestions or materials relating to the development, design, manufacture or marketing of their products, they are eager to answer your questions and receive your comments.
After the event adjourned for the evening, Ms. Law introduced a woman who's talent was making washable cloth feminine pads by hand, and sending them to incarcerated women in the state where she and her family reside. If you would like to contact this talented mother, wife and advocate, e-mail her at nea-peasantrevolution@yahoo.com
The second guest speaker, Jordan Flaherty discussed the Katrina Aftermath and Jena Six.
To learn more about Jena Six, click on this link http://www.mahalo.com/jena-six
Mr. Flaherty is a journalist and community organizer based in New Orleans. He is the author of FLOODLINES: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six.
To read more about Floodlines, click on this link http://floodlines.org
The final guest speaker,was Jesse Muhammad. A native of Houston, Texas, Jesse is a journalist, blogger, and community organizer.
Mr. Muhammad writes for The Final Call newspaper and has received worldwide recognition for his coverage of racial justice issues.
To learn more about Jesse Muhammad, click on this link http://jessemuhammad.blogspot.com
For further readings, click on this link http://www.blackpast.org
http://communityandresistance.wordpress.com/tour-speakers/
Related Media
https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22dan%20v%22%20prison%20women
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